An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

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

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

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

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

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

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

This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

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

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.