Places Maggie Mason Wants to Go

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

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

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

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

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

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

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

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

A white oak with property rights.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

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