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

This Tennessee manse was built so opulent that the very utilities doomed it to fail.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.

An homage to the pointers and retrievers that have long been a hunter's best friend.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.

An attack on a prominent Black attorney's house sparked a watershed moment in Nashville's civil rights movement.

Alongside this Memphis trail are several sculptures that show trail-goers how to relax.

A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.

This stone incorrectly marks the 35th parallel, causing some territorial kerfuffles.

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

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

Over 200 people were buried here with only a small stone to mark their final resting place.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

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

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.