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

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A white oak with property rights.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.