This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

A slanted tomb honors the faithful, furry companion of the Georgia Tech student body.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

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

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

For the last eight decades, this curious shop has been ridding Atlanta of bad juju.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.