Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

It's a unique monument honoring a great character who inspired a generation of young women to be more and pursue their dreams.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

The 34th governor of Kentucky was sworn into office while on his deathbed after being shot outside the State House.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

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

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

Garments from across the globe call this hidden gem home.

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.