The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The racehorse's headstone highlights a forgotten part of the Hendrie Park Gardens' history.

The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

This landmark jazz venue is the oldest continuously running African-American club in the United States.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Hidden on two floors of downtown building, the library has an incredible deal on rent.