The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

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

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Brawny guys rolling around in oil is the oldest regular sporting event besides the Olympics.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.