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

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

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

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

The magic's in the hole!

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.