The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

Georgia’s last drive-in movie theater is a relic of a bygone era.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

This Art-Deco movie palace is the oldest independent cinema in Atlanta.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.