While the lake is said to have been discovered in 1905 by a 13-year-old boy named Ben Sands, the surrounding caverns were used by the Cherokee, and 20,000-year-old jaguar tracks were also found there.

The Cutty Sark remains the fastest sail-powered cargo ship to have ever traversed the world’s major trading routes in the late 19th Century. Behind this symbol of Britain’s global empire, is a much ...