Striking natural chalk bluffs that rise dramatically along the Tombigbee River.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

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

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

A steeple in the shape of a golden hand pointing straight up commemorates Zebulun Butler, the first full-time pastor of this Mississippi church.

This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.

A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.