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

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.