The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

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

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.