Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.