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The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

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

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

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

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.