Memphis, Tennessee
Sun Studio
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
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Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Dublin, Texas
This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Junction, Texas
A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.
Little Rock, Arkansas
Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.
Damascus, Arkansas
This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Magnolia, Mississippi
A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Bahamas
A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.
Mechanicsville, Virginia
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
East St. Louis, Illinois
Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.
Vandalia, Illinois
Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.
Springfield, Illinois
When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."