Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

Dedicated to the "King of Soul."

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

A brick-lined alley full of public artwork tucked away in downtown Gulfport.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.

A life-sized baby elephant tombstone marks the grave of a circus owner at a country church in southern Georgia.

This old building has served as a bank, post office, library, and city hall.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

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

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

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

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.