One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

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.

This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.

Idol made by King Jeroboam for the Israelites.

The mosaic floor of a 4th-century synagogue features a pagan zodiac wheel alongside traditional images of a Torah ark and menorahs.

An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.