Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

An unusually shaped lighthouse with origins rooted in heartbreak.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

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

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

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

A local prank turned town icon.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

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

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.