A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

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

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.