The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

The childhood home of Jerry Lee Lewis was converted into a museum dedicated to his musical legend.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

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

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

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