Places dshimizu Wants to Go

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

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

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

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

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

Feast on kebabs, dips, and house-made breads in the heart of Nashville’s Little Kurdistan.

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

At this Nashville restaurant, cheese and charcuterie arrive via conveyor belt.

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

An enormous mural of a local Nashville resident adorns this abandoned silo.

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

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

Feast on Caribbean classics from curry goat to black cake.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

This alleyway was named to honor the memory of a beloved local dog.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

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