Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

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

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

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

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

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

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

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

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.