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

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.