The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.