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Nashville, Tennessee

Dino's

East Nashville's oldest dive bar will bring you back to life with animal-style bar fare.
Camden, Tennessee

Patsy Cline Crash Site Memorial

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.
Nashville, Tennessee

Jamaicaway Restaurant and Catering

Feast on Caribbean classics from curry goat to black cake.
Nashville, Tennessee

Robert's Western World

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”
Fairbanks, Alaska

Aurora Ice Museum

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Fairbanks, Alaska

Aurora Express Bed & Breakfast

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.
Fairbanks, Alaska

Chatanika Gold Dredge #3

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.
Fairbanks, Alaska

Poker Flat Research Range

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Denali

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks Antler Arch

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.
Fairbanks, Alaska

Lend-Lease Monument

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.
Fairbanks, Alaska

Golden Heart Plaza

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.
Fairbanks, Alaska

Blue Babe

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."
Fairbanks, Alaska

Engineers Tradition Stone

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.
Fairbanks, Alaska

'Polaris'

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.
Fairbanks, Alaska

Alaska Highway's Milepost 1523

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Pyramid

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Listening Lab

A legendary music collector donated his entire collection to the entire city of Memphis.
Charleston, South Carolina

Rainbow Row

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.
Jacksonville, Florida

Kona Skatepark

These winding paths and vertical ramps have been inspiring skateboarders for nearly half a century.
Jacksonville, Florida

James P. Small Park

This century-plus-old baseball park has hosted some of baseball's royalty and stands as the oldest sports complex in Jacksonville.
Memphis, Tennessee

Metal Museum

A museum dedicated to preserving, promoting, and advancing the art and craft of fine metalwork.
St. Louis, Missouri

'The Naked Truth'

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.
Gallatin, Missouri

Squirrel Cage Jail

This octagonal rotary jail built in 1889 now serves as a visitor's center.