Memphis, Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Memphis, Tennessee
Silky O'Sullivan's
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Memphis, Tennessee
Sun Studio
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
West, Texas
Czech Stop & Little Czech Bakery
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth Stockyards
Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.
London, England
Polly at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Sach’s Bridge
This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Grave of Douglas the Confederate Camel
The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
U.S.S. Cairo
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Dallas, Texas
Texas Centennial Art Deco Buildings
A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
Dallas, Texas
Klyde Warren Park
A city park that sits on top of a freeway.
Fort Worth, Texas
Billy Bob’s Texas
The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth Water Gardens
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
London, England
Beauchamp Tower
Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.
London, England
Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
The Executioner's Ax
Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.
London, England
Two Princes Staircase
Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.
Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Book Tower
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Washington, D.C.
The Portrait Monument
Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
Temple Bar Memorial Dragon
The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.
