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Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

The former home of the 11th president of the United States.

Trek up to an abandoned fire lookout from the 1930s for an unimpeded view.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

Located inside a former record pressing plant, this recording studio pays homage to the techniques and gear of a bygone age.

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

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

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

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

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.