Places Wesley Wilburn Wants to Go

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

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

The physical legacy of one man’s lifetime mission, following a near-fatal mine accident, to publicly proselytize for Christianity.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

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

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

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

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

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

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

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

This unique park is dedicated to a favorite locally born snack line.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

An ode to iconic Nashville locations.

Jack White's record store is the only place in the world that records live shows direct-to-acetate.

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”