Muscle Shoals, Alabama
FAME Studios
A modest Alabama recording studio where some of music’s biggest voices found their sound.
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Muscle Shoals, Alabama
A modest Alabama recording studio where some of music’s biggest voices found their sound.
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.
Birmingham, Alabama
A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.
Opelika, Alabama
At this coffee shop, each drink celebrates African-American history and luminaries.
Shady Dale, Georgia
This old building has served as a bank, post office, library, and city hall.
Americus, Georgia
HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.
Atlanta, Georgia
For the last eight decades, this curious shop has been ridding Atlanta of bad juju.
Atlanta, Georgia
A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.
Birmingham, Alabama
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
Montevallo, Alabama
Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
Bethesda, Maryland
She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.
Brooks, Kentucky
This calm grassy field was once a Superfund site full of thousands of nasty chemicals.
Louisville, Kentucky
Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.
Arlington, Virginia
This site is believed to be connected to the oldest house in Arlington County.
Arlington, Virginia
Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.
Arlington, Virginia
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Wytheville, Virginia
The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."
Lewisburg, West Virginia
Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Roanoke, Virginia
This museum celebrates a legendary railroad photographer whose personal life was as dramatic as his photos.
Union, West Virginia
This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.
Boissevain, Manitoba
This colossal reptile celebrates the history of the now-defunct Canadian Turtle Derby.
Maggie Valley, North Carolina
A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.