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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

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

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

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

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

Like Mars, but much closer.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

A man's home is his castle.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.