For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.