Places Edited by leslipeterson

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.