One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

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

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

A 1930’s courtroom where John Dillinger and his gang went before a judge.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.