Places chelsb423 Wants to Go

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This stone incorrectly marks the 35th parallel, causing some territorial kerfuffles.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.

A unique home built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell that also served as a military hospital.