The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.