Places PhatRob Wants to Go

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

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

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

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

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

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Line up for a hickory-smoked BBQ bologna sandwich at this family-run institution.

For more than 75 years, this living piece of history has been serving exceptional soul food.

A legendary music collector donated his entire collection to the entire city of Memphis.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

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

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

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

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