In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

A historic train ride from California to Mexico.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Tucked away behind an unassuming set of shops is a must-see series of stunning murals.

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.