A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

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

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

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

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

A life-sized memorial to Harry L. Collins, the official corporate magician of Frito-Lay.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

Unique and somewhat surreal, this little girl's memorial depicts a playful Jesus.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.