This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

The world's longest known cave system.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

Romance fans worldwide make the pilgrimage to this group of historic covered bridges in rural Iowa.

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

Indiana’s oldest brick building was home to America's shortest-serving president.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.