The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

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

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.