Places sschmit2 Wants to Go

Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

A statue in Enterprise, Alabama hailing the fast food giant Ronald McDonald, stylized as a boll weevil.

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.

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

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

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.