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

Though Johnson is not actually buried here, an Atlanta-based band sponsored a headstone for him.

Contrary to popular belief, this memorial does not actually claim to mark the bluesman's grave.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

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

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

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

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

The childhood home of Jerry Lee Lewis was converted into a museum dedicated to his musical legend.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

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

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.