Boulder City, Nevada
Hoover Dam Old Exhibit Building
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
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Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Sevierville, Tennessee
While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.
Sevierville, Tennessee
An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Townsend, Tennessee
This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.
Townsend, Tennessee
Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.
Townsend, Tennessee
In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.
Alcoa, Tennessee
One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.
Greenback, Tennessee
One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.
Rugby, Tennessee
A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.
Petros, Tennessee
This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.
Knoxville, Tennessee
This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Linville, North Carolina
You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.
Burnsville, North Carolina
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Asheville, North Carolina
The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.
Asheville, North Carolina
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.