The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.