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bintopo

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In 1939, Smoot's Grocery was a real grocery store.

Natchez, Mississippi

Smoot’s Grocery Blues Lounge

Catch a live blues set in a former 1930s grocery store on the Mississippi River.

A view of the exterior

Natchez, Mississippi

Longwood

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

Mammy's Cupboard

Natchez, Mississippi

Mammy's Cupboard

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

Grace Episcopal Church

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The Day the Civil War Stopped

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

The Disputed Domain of West Florida

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The Disputed Domain of West Florida

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

Louisiana Old State Capitol from the Repentance Fountain

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Louisiana Old State Capitol

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Oliver Pollock used his personal finances to support the American Revolution, and he unintentionally inspired the dollar sign.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Sculpture of Oliver Pollock

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

Bilbo Cemetery- Jesus Statue.

Lake Charles, Louisiana

Bilbo Cemetery

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

Ingram Dam

Ingram, Texas

Ingram Dam

A dam that moonlights as a gigantic, brutalist waterslide.

Stonehenge II

Ingram, Texas

Stonehenge II

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

The Paisano Pete statue

Fort Stockton, Texas

Paisano Pete

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Should nighttime find you at Rosa's Cantina, this is what it may look like.

El Paso, Texas

Rosa's Cantina

One of El Paso's oldest dives may have inspired the classic Marty Robbins song.

Fraggle Rock.

Lordsburg, New Mexico

Fraggle Rock

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

The grandstand at Warren Ballpark.

Bisbee, Arizona

Warren Ballpark

One of America's oldest stadiums was also the site of one of the most brutal anti-labor acts in American history.

The Shady Dell

Bisbee, Arizona

The Shady Dell

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

Erie Street, Historic Lowell

Bisbee, Arizona

Erie Street, Historic Lowell

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Lavender Pit

Bisbee, Arizona

Lavender Pit

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

The sign welcoming visitors to the Copper Queen Hotel.

Bisbee, Arizona

Copper Queen Hotel

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

Stairs, tilework

Bisbee, Arizona

Bisbee Stairs

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

Not quite the Great Divide

Bisbee, Arizona

Mule Pass: Not Quite the Continental Divide

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

The world's first drive thru was at the Sierra Vista McDonald's.

Sierra Vista, Arizona

World's First McDonald's Drive Thru

Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.

The memorial to the Jewish pioneers.

Tombstone, Arizona

Jewish Pioneers Memorial

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

Entrance to Colossal Cave.

Vail, Arizona

Colossal Cave

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

1934 Franklin Club Sedan

Tucson, Arizona

The Franklin Auto Museum

One of the largest private collections of cars manufactured by the short-lived Franklin Automobile Company.

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