New Hampshire's first neighborhood is now preserved as a historic village with live action role players.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

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

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

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

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.