A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

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

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

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.