Places Crushbrook Wants to Go

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

This tiny, triangular block has held the world record since 1964.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

A faithful dog is forever watching over the family children.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.