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After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

The remnants of sheer survival in Dublin's monastery district.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.

The first free library in Georgia features an original Tiffany stained glass window of Mary Willis.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

The first singer to cut a country music record is buried in a small graveyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.