Places spocksackmary Wants to Go

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

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

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

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

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

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

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

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

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

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

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.