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

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

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

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

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

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

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

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

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

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

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

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

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

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

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

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

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

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

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

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