Places Oops3ggs Wants to Go

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

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

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

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

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.