Places KR Peart Wants to Go

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

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

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

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

Remnants of a town from a bygone era.

You can dig for your own 52-million-year-old fish fossils.

The rockpile was the founding landmark for the town of Gillette, and is now the home of the region's history.

This historic Union Pacific Railroad depot is a stunning symbol of American post-Civil War progress.

This canyon is named for a unique geologic formation where the river vanishes underground near the mouth of the canyon and reappears farther down.

Features unique photographic collections by women of the American West and historical attractions such as a two-story outhouse.

This largest dinosaur tracksite in Wyoming is one of the only in the world from the Middle Jurassic Period.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

Population: 1.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.