Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

Puerto Rico's oldest rum producer started its 140-year-old business with "a little barrel."

This nearly abandoned "company town" is a ghost of Puerto Rico's once-lucrative sugar industry.

The highest peak in Puerto Rico is home to a rare fern that can only be found on six trees at its summit.

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

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

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

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

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.