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.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

This 35-foot troll in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was made by the world’s leading recycling artist as part of a global fairytale.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.