The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

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.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.