A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

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

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.

The world's longest known cave system.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

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

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

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.