This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

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

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."