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.

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

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

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

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

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

The magic's in the hole!

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

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