By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

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

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.