Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.