Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

For nearly a century, one of the oldest barbershops in Texas has been cutting hair the old fashioned way.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

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

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

A Texas landowner spelled out his name with three miles of trees, a giant signature that's been used by NASA to evaluate satellite imagery.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.