A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.