This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.