Chattanooga, Tennessee
Raccoon Mountain Caverns
More than five miles of underground passageways.
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
More than five miles of underground passageways.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Sparta, Tennessee
Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Clinton, Tennessee
This Tennessee manse was built so opulent that the very utilities doomed it to fail.
Albany, New York
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.
Scarbro, West Virginia
Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American axe throwing club.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.
Washington, D.C.
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
Washington, D.C.
Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.
Hinckley, Utah
A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.
Spring House, Pennsylvania
A museum of anything and everything Stooge.
Malvern, Pennsylvania
The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.