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

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.