Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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

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

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

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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

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

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

America's first wax museum opened in 1948.