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This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

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

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

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

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

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

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

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

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

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

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