The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

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

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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.

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

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

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

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

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.