Places middtenn Wants to Go

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

The final resting place of Gary Gygax; co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.

Send your taste buds to South Asia at a sumptuous Southern dinner party.

Feast on kebabs, dips, and house-made breads in the heart of Nashville’s Little Kurdistan.

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.

Bone marrow-loaded birria with handmade corn tortillas—need we say more?

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

East Nashville's oldest dive bar will bring you back to life with animal-style bar fare.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.