Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

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

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

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

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.