The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

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

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

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

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

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

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

In the middle of an abandoned stretch of old Route 50 lies a tombstone that weighs three tons.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

Once home to a booming 19th-century oil town, the park now houses a World War II submarine memorial complete with a torpedo.

A moving tribute to a leader of the American abolitionist movement.

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.