This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

The former home is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the beloved mayor and his wife who lived here.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.