Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.