Clarksdale, Mississippi
Clarksdale Crossroads
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
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Clarksdale, Mississippi
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
Huntsville, Alabama
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.
Montgomery, Alabama
The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.
Metropolis, Illinois
You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Lynchburg, Tennessee
All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Dyess, Arkansas
The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Saratoga, Texas
This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.
Huntsville, Texas
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Houston, Texas
Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.
Galveston, Texas
A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Winslow, Arizona
This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.
Tombstone, Arizona
The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.
Williams, Arizona
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.