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Memphis, Tennessee

The Crystal Shrine Grotto

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Memphis, Tennessee

Silky O'Sullivan's

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Memphis, Tennessee

National Civil Rights Museum

The hotel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot now functions as a museum dedicated to his life's work.

Memphis, Tennessee

Mud Island River Park

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Memphis, Tennessee

Peabody Hotel Duck March

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Memphis, Tennessee

Sun Studio

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

Memphis, Tennessee

The Jungle Room at Graceland

Elvis' own personal tropical hideaway.

Memphis, Tennessee

St. Peter’s Spiritual Temple (Voodoo Village)

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

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Barbecue Spaghetti

Memphis adds a little Italian flair to its Southern repertoire.

Chitlins

These entrails identified safe venues for African-American performers during the Jim Crow era.

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