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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

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 historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 book shares a surprising connection with El Salvador.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

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

Yo, Adrian!

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

This restored house built from a Sears kit in the 1930s is a physical remnant of FDR's New Deal following the Great Depression.

The sole surviving building from Newgate village, a colonial settlement that was renamed Centreville in 1792 after it was granted town status by the Virginia Assembly.