A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

This municipal park along the Missouri River honors the galley central to the Lewis & Clark Expedition with a replica ship and sculptures.

In an alley behind a Fargo bar, you can roleplay as Mario while interacting with a popular street mural.

America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

This 1854 courthouse along the Mississippi River has a storied history.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.