This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

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.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.