Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

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.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

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

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.