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

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

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

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

Explore 4,000 years of European and American art history in the heart of northwest Louisiana.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.