A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

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

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.