Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

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

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

Behold the rickety wooden glory of the world's oldest operating roller coaster.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.