One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

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.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

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

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.