Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

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

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

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

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

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

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.