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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

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

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.