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

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.