Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

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

This maintained cabin is where Josie Morris, an occasional associate of Butch Cassidy, lived out the last 50 years of her life by herself.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

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

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

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

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

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

One of Indiana's only natural sandstone arches is nestled between resort ruins and an old Boy Scouts camp.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.