Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

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

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

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

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.