Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

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

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.