These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.