Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

Pay your respects at this juke joint founded by a blues legend of the Mississippi Delta.

Pull off Highway 61 in high summer for fried green tomato BLTs, turkey legs, and boiled peanuts.

Swing by this iconic record store find out what’s going on in Clarksdale’s live music scene.

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

A small museum celebrating the work of a Mississippi artist who had a unique connection with the natural world.

A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

Located inside a former record pressing plant, this recording studio pays homage to the techniques and gear of a bygone age.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

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

A visionary oral narration project brought new life to Jonesborough.

A legendary music collector donated his entire collection to the entire city of Memphis.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

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

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

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