It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

A memorial to the United States's first wildlife refuge warden.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

A beautifully designed asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center with a ghost story or two.