Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.