The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.