The statue, located at a mansion-turned-emancipation museum, honors Galveston’s history as the birthplace of Juneteenth.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

This historic sculpture from the 16th century is even older than the city of Boston.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

The oldest building in Charleston was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

This historic trading post has been serving the community since 1913.

Nepal's unclimbable sacred peak.