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

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.