This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.