At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

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

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

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

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

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.