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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.