New Orleans, Louisiana
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The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
Jefferson City, Missouri
Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.
Columbia, Missouri
The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.
Columbia, Missouri
The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.
Plattsburg, Missouri
The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.
St. Louis, Missouri
A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Watauga, Texas
High-end dining has a home in this former gas station.
Wortham, Texas
Cemetery officials are finally seeing that the Father of Texas Blues’ grave is kept clean.
Amarillo, Texas
Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.
Waco, Texas
Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.
Goliad, Texas
The site of the surrender of Colonel Fannin and his men during the Texas Revolution.
Glen Rose, Texas
A park home to some unusually large rocks.
Galveston, Texas
This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.
Turkey, Texas
A small museum dedicated to the king of Western swing.