The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

18th century opera in its original splendor.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

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

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

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.