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

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

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

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This memorial to the Mercury Seven astronaut stands at the site of his former elementary school.

A historic hotel library in Indiana hides more than a few secrets on its shelves.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.