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

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

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

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

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

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

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.