This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

The seventh largest spring in the world.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

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 modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Berlin's old airport.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.