Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.

This soaring sculpture and Sioux Falls landmark represents the leap of faith taken to make one's dreams come true.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

Once a thriving town of 100, Argonne was abandoned around 1970.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

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

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

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

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.