Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

This restored log building was one of the first toll booths for travelers along the Northern Turnpike.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

Home to several unusual artifacts, including a huge painting of George Washington.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

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

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

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

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

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

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

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."