Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

This 1854 courthouse along the Mississippi River has a storied history.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

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

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.