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

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

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

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

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

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

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

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.