A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.

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

Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

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

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

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.