Jackson, Mississippi
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home
This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.
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Jackson, Mississippi
This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.
Natchez, Mississippi
This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.
Natchez, Mississippi
A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.
Natchez, Mississippi
This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.
Yazoo City, Mississippi
A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.
Jackson, Mississippi
Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Burnet, Texas
An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.
Leander, Texas
Victims of the Webster Massacre are buried here in a mass grave.
Cisco, Texas
Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.
Nacogdoches, Texas
Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.
College Station, Texas
Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.
Hugo, Oklahoma
Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”
Hearne, Texas
This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
Dublin, Texas
This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.
Bowie, Texas
A town pays homage to its namesake.
Mineral Wells, Texas
Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.
Sulphur Springs, Texas
Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Fort Worth, Texas
Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Grapevine, Texas
Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.
Grapevine, Texas
A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.
Arlington, Texas
A Prohibition-era casino once hidden as a palatial tea room.