This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

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

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

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

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

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

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

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

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

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.