An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

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

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

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

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

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruous in rural Vermont.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.