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Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

The world's largest collection of ticks.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.