By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

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.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.