This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

At one of the nation’s longest-running professional theaters, the audience used to barter for tickets with produce and livestock.

The well-preserved remnants of a bridge that once made up a WW1-era military railroad.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.