A 70-foot replica of the famed Eiffel Tower.

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

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.

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

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

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

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

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

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

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

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

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

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

The world's longest known cave system.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.