Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

America's smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.