South Pittsburg, Tennessee
Nickajack Cave
This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.
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South Pittsburg, Tennessee
This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Kingston Springs, Tennessee
The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.
Townsend, Tennessee
Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.
Memphis, Tennessee
A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
More than five miles of underground passageways.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Sparta, Tennessee
Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Alexandria, Virginia
Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.
Williamsburg, Virginia
The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.
Montpelier Station, Virginia
The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.
Stafford, Virginia
The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.
Culpeper, Virginia
A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.
Alexandria, Virginia
The only place for a truly presidential dram.
Alexandria, Virginia
This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.
Gordonsville, Virginia
This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.
Arlington, Virginia
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.