The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

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

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

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.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

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

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.