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

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

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

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

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