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

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

A Kansas nature preserve protecting the plants and animals that once stretched across central North America.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

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

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.