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

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

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

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

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

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

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

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.