Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

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

An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

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

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

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

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

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.