Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This Roman arena once played host to bloody gladiatorial battles.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

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

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.