This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

Built to defend Washington D.C. during the Civil War, this fort became a post-war nucleus for a thriving Black community.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

A steeple in the shape of a golden hand pointing straight up commemorates Zebulun Butler, the first full-time pastor of this Mississippi church.

This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

The C. A. Nothnagle Log House stands as the oldest surviving log cabin in the United States, offering a remarkable glimpse into America's colonial past.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

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

This 2008 memorial commemorates two leading Aboriginal Australian rights activists.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.