This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

Whimsical bronze sculptures of smiling coins and houses await visitors to this park.

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

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

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.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.