Places roadtriptammy Wants to Go

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

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.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

"Polynesia on the Plains."

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.