The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

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

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

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

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

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

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

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A unique sculpture designed to raise stroke awareness.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

A eight-foot-tall statue resides in the heart of Pennsylvania anthracite coal country.