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

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

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

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

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

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

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

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."