Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

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

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.