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What if I told you that a violent earthquake in this US state once made the Mississippi River flow backwards to create one of its most beautiful lakes? Or that despite being famous for its misty mountain peaks, those same high elevations are actually home to a lush, temperate rainforest? From a top-secret city that didn't exist on any public maps to a town split perfectly down the middle by a state line. Welcome to Tennessee, a state often just associated with country music and rolling hills, but one that actually holds some of the most dramatic and transformative geography in the entire country.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - America's Largest Underground Lake
01:28 - When the Mississippi River Flowed Backwards
02:21 - The Cave Capital of the United States
03:21 - An Unlikely Rainforest
04:12 - Tied for the Most State Borders
05:01 - Sponsored By Zocdoc
06:45 - The "Lost" State of Franklin
07:42 - The Cumberland Gap Breakthrough
08:36 - A Toxic Mars-Like Landscape
09:34 - The TVA's Geographic Transformation
10:27 - The Three "Grand Divisions"
11:24 - The Secret City of Oak Ridge
13:14 - World-Famous Whiskey in a "Dry" County
14:06 - The Global "Aerotropolis"
14:59 - A Town Split Down the Middle
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