Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

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

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

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

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

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

World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.