Tupelo, Mississippi
Elvis Presley Birthplace
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
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Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Montgomery, Alabama
Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.
Danville, Vermont
Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.
Catskill, New York
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
Worden, Montana
The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
Garfield, Washington
A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Leadore, Idaho
A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.
Seattle, Washington
This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
Atchison, Kansas
The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.
Ocotillo, California
A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.
Tucson, Arizona
Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.
Pasadena, California
An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.
Bishopville, South Carolina
A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.
Beverly, Massachusetts
A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.
Dallas, Texas
This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.
Marianna, Arkansas
One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.
Pacifica, California
Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.
Mansfield, Missouri
Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.