It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

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

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

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A small Australian farmhouse became an international icon after appearing on a Midnight Oil album cover.

A local landmark that has become a hub of graffiti and urban exploration.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.