Townsend — The stunning visuals at Tuckaleechee Caverns attract tourists to these illuminated caves near Townsend, Tennessee. Yet, it is the sounds and vibrations in the bedrock that attracts the U.S.

A University of Tennessee professor has gone underground to explain how evidence of nuclear tests, including those conducted by North Korea, is recorded in Townsend. Rich Williams, a seismologist in ...

This not-so-secret Smoky Mountain gem was named the best small town in Tennessee. World Atlas dubbed Townsend as the best ...

The U.S. military started using the caverns to detect nuclear testing activity during the Cold War. The seismic station is monitored 24/7 and transmits to organizations like the Department of Defense ...

Tuckaleechee Caverns is proud of its cave, boasting among other things that it has the tallest subterranean waterfall in the eastern United States. It's also got a tooth it's pleased to show off. A ...

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TOWNSEND (WATE) – Townsend’s Tuckaleechee Caverns has a new addition. A tour guide found a genuine mastodon tooth near the cavern stream last year while looking for quartz. The caverns have now gotten ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — On Saturday, a 4.1 magnitude earthquake jolted awake various parts of East Tennessee near the North Carolina border. 6 News got insight on the quake from the Tuckaleechee ...