Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.

A century-old wooden walkway where artists and free spirits have built a funky, countercultural main street.

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

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

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

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

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

Founded in 1954 by a husband-and-wife duo, this ceramics studio carries on a powerful artistic legacy.

An enormous, interactive museum with star-studded exhibits is surprisingly found deep in the Mississippi Delta.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

A steeple in the shape of a golden hand pointing straight up commemorates Zebulun Butler, the first full-time pastor of this Mississippi church.

A free museum that memorializes the deadliest river flood in American history, and the civil engineering efforts to tame the Mississippi River.

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

Built in 1797, this is Mississippi’s most haunted house.