This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

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 disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.