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European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Young Emmett Till's tragic story, which sparked America's civil rights movement, is retold near the site where it occurred.

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

This papier-mâché diorama celebrates an unusual landmark: the brightly-colored runoff from a local sock factory.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

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

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

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

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

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

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.