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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.