A local prank turned town icon.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.