The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

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

A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.