Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.

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

Young Emmett Till's tragic story, which sparked America's civil rights movement, is retold near the site where it occurred.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

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

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

Since 1939, this no-frills spot has been turning out perfectly seasoned renditions of a Delta staple.