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

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

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

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

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

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.