Some hikes end with a nice view. This one ends with a hole in the earth big enough to swallow a house.
Tennessee is home to a trail that winds through quiet woods, crosses a few creeks, and tests your legs on rocky, uneven ground. Then the trees open up and the real payoff appears.
A massive cave mouth stretches 100 feet wide and rises 80 feet high, carved into the hillside like nature got a little dramatic. Cool air drifts out even on warm afternoons, carrying the smell of damp stone…