Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

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

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

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.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.

A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.