A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

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

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

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

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

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

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

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.