A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

A community's effort restores the historical Maryhill Burgh Hall.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

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

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."