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New Orleans, Louisiana
The Rosegate House
A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
Memphis, Tennessee
Peabody Hotel Duck March
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Memphis, Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Memphis, Tennessee
Sun Studio
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Clarksdale Crossroads
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
Leland, Mississippi
Birthplace of Kermit the Frog
A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.
Natchez, Mississippi
The Emerald Mound
The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
U.S.S. Cairo
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Amesbury, England
Stonehenge
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
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San Francisco, California
Defenestration
Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
Goldendale, Washington
Maryhill Museum and Stonehenge
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Rajabasa, Indonesia
Anak Krakatau
The second generation of a mighty volcano rises from the sea.
Pushkin, Russia
The Amber Room
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Newark, California
Salt Ponds of San Francisco Bay
From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.
Hope, British Columbia
Othello Tunnels
Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.
Rome, Italy
Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Truth or Consequences
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Fort Macleod, Alberta
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.
Sparwood, British Columbia
The World's Largest Tandem Axle Truck
Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.
Bellevue, Alberta
Frank Slide
A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.
Lloydminster, Alberta
Lloydminster
This Canadian city is actually two-in-one, even if they only respect the timezone of one side.
Bushell Park, Saskatchewan
Tom Sukanen's Prairie Ship
A broken man's homemade, seaworthy ship rests in the middle of the Canadian prairie.
