A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

The picturesque southern city served as the zombie-filled town of Woodbury in 'The Walking Dead.'

Abstract marble carving for an 8.5-pound rock.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

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 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.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.