This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

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

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

The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.

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

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

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

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.