A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

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

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.