Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

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

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

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

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

The magic's in the hole!

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.