Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.