Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

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

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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