The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

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

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

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.