Places G Pike Wants to Go

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

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

A 70-foot replica of the famed Eiffel Tower.

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

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

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

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

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

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

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

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

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

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

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

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

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

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

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