Tuckaleechee Caverns

Tuckaleechee Caverns () is a tourist attraction and the largest and highest rated cave or cavern by AAA east of the Mississippi River. Tuckaleechee runs under the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Townsend, Tennessee. The caverns were used by Cherokees in the 17th and 18th century, but they were re-discovered in the mid-19th century by sawmill employees in the area.