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

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

An art gallery/gift shop that feels like Tim Burton, Pee Wee Herman, and Jim Henson combined!

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

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

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.