A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

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

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

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

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

This tiny site in Iowa, part of a patchwork national wildlife refuge, is home to ancient flora and fauna.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.