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

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

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

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

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.