One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

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

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.

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.

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

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

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.