A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

How did the 110-foot limestone statue cross the road?

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.