After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

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

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

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

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.