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The largest underground lake in the US is under Tennessee, discovered by a 13 yr old boy

Deep inside a mountain near Sweetwater in East Tennessee is a remarkable body of water known as The Lost Sea. Listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as America’s largest underground lake, the Lost Sea is part of an extensive and historic cave system called Craighead Caverns. The caverns have been known and used […]

 

Rent a Spaceship for the month

 

The Grand Guitar in Bristol – home of WOPI Radio, birthplace of country music and creation of Joe Morrel

 

Plane + Automobile = Gas Station – presenting the Powell Airplane the only airplane gas station in the US

 

Real life “21 Jump Street” happened in Carter County

 

Fraterville Mine Disaster -largest in TN history, devastated Fraterville with only 3 adult males residents remaining

 

Summertown is home to the oldest and largest commune in the country – The Farm

 

Parts of Nashville and Mid Tennessee were almost in the State of Transylvania

 

Full Scale Millennium Falcon is being built in Middle Tennessee

 

The most unoriginal town name in America, presenting Nameless, Tennessee

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