A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

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

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

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