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

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

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

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

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."