Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

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

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

A replica that won't float away.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

"May the force be with you always."

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

Explore 4,000 years of European and American art history in the heart of northwest Louisiana.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

One of the largest collections of intact Victorian-era waterworks equipment in the world.

Learn about the history of Shreveport in one of the city’s oldest surviving buildings.

The art deco colossus played a role in war and medicine aside from hosting the iconic Louisiana Hayride.