The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

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

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

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

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

The seventh largest spring in the world.

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

A larger-than-life version of the hat beloved by hunters, outdoorsmen, and Holden Caulfield.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

A tragedy and memorial that raised awareness about the dangers of unsealed mineshafts.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.

This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

A small mountain made entirely of banded iron stone overlooking downtown Ishpeming.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

This Native American cemetery features decades-old spirit house hidden behind pine trees and moss.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This museum is dedicated to a Hollywood icon.