The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

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

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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.