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This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

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

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

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

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

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

A metal menagerie fills the yard of this museum and gallery, the work of Montana artist Bill Ohrmann.

This small museum is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur specimens found in Montana.