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

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

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

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.