A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

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

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.