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

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

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

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

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

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

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.