Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.