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An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

The last surviving bastion of the Baquet restaurant empire serves up superb soul food.

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

Pay homage to the quintessential P-town dive.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

This century-old bakery produces 18,000 loaves of traditional Cuban bread every day.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

America's first public lending library began with a gift from Benjamin Franklin.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This bottle-shaped monument pays tribute to the Appalachian drink that changed the pace of human life.