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A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

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

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

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

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.

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

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

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

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

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

An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee.

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

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.