Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The Prophet of Oak Ridge's Grave
John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee
John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.
Clinton, Tennessee
This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.
Powell, Tennessee
A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Over 200 people were buried here with only a small stone to mark their final resting place.
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Bluff City, Tennessee
A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
Sparta, Tennessee
Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.
Sparta, Tennessee
These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.
Pikeville, Tennessee
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
Westmoreland, Tennessee
This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.
Hartsville, Tennessee
This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.
Lynchburg, Tennessee
All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.
Palmyra, Tennessee
Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.
Erin, Tennessee
Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.
Kingston Springs, Tennessee
The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.
Crownsville, Maryland
This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.
Boyds, Maryland
This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Laurel, Maryland
This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.