Charlotte, North Carolina
Musical Parking Garage
This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.
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Charlotte, North Carolina
This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.
High Point, North Carolina
A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.
Sylva, North Carolina
The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Nashville, Tennessee
An enormous mural of a local Nashville resident adorns this abandoned silo.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Built in the 19th century, this bucket has been to two World’s Fairs.
Bon Aqua, Tennessee
A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.
Nashville, Tennessee
The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.
Nashville, Tennessee
When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Liberty, Missouri
The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.
Hamilton, Missouri
Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.
St. Louis, Missouri
This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.
Sumner, Missouri
This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
St. Louis, Missouri
A chessmaster's dream destination.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.
Dyess, Arkansas
The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.
North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Chanute, Kansas
This unusual sculpture honors the city's namesake, Octave Chanute, for his pioneering work in early aviation.
Gas, Kansas
Don't pass Gas, stop and enjoy it.