All of us have our happy place. For me and Yvette, it's going back home to Hawaii, where the air

smells different the second you step off the plane, the sun glistening as it sparkles off of the ocean,

the beauty of the aina, the land wrapping you in its embrace. Think about it for a moment.

What's your happy place?

The place you yearn to go back to the second you leave.

It might not be the Hawaiian Islands for you.

It could be anywhere that makes you happy.

A place you have created beautiful memories.

Have you ever stopped to ask what your special place looked like before you got there? Who stood on that land 50 or even 100 years ago? What happened there

before it became a picture-perfect postcard in your mind? And if you did know the history,

would it change the way you feel about that place?

Would you still long to go back?

Because when we started researching today's topic, which to the naked eye seems like a peaceful, fun, inviting vacation spot outside of Atlanta, Georgia,

we had no idea just how much the past could color these picturesque destinations

we get so attached to.

Rush is talking about Lake Lanier, which is about 60 minutes outside of Atlanta, Georgia.

Its shoreline stretches across 700 miles, wrapping around quiet coves, thick Georgia pines, and wooden

docks that glow at sunset. It's been a destination full of happy times and good memories for a lot of

families. But not everyone knows the lake's heartbreaking and brutal dark history.

And what truly lies beneath it,

there have been numerous sudden drownings and horrific accidents at Lake Lanier, but there are also deeper stories that don't appear on the accident reports,

because Lake Lanier holds a hidden blood-soaked chapter in American

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