Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Mayna Treanor Avent Studio
Visit the art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.
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Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Visit the art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.
Johns Creek, Georgia
The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The first space rock known to have struck a human.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.
Hiawassee, Georgia
Catch beautiful views at the graffitied observation deck on this mountain top.
Lithia Springs, Georgia
The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.
Marietta, Georgia
The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.
Smithland, Kentucky
An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.
Roswell, Georgia
A vast collection of rare, historical, and vintage supercomputers.
Blairsville, Georgia
Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.
Sylacauga, Alabama
A sinuous monument to the first person who was struck by a meteorite.
Radcliff, Kentucky
This world record holding pocketknife is so large that it has to be operated by a crane.
Bryson City, North Carolina
The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
Blairsville, Georgia
An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.
Alpharetta, Georgia
A man's home is his castle.
Silver City, Georgia
The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.
New Haven, Kentucky
The Trappist monk, prophet-poet, and rebel never really got to live out the eremitic life he was seeking.
Marietta, Georgia
This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Marietta, Georgia
Strange memorabilia held inside an unassuming library.
Townsend, Tennessee
Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
World's largest collection of Coke-related items not held by the Coca-Cola company.
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
The world's largest pin (or tack) is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, at the Transit Authority of Central Kentucky (TACK) headquarters.