New Orleans, Louisiana
United Fruit Company Building
The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
New Orleans, Louisiana
After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.
Houston, Texas
An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
New York, New York
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
New York, New York
Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina
The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Corolla, North Carolina
One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.
Beckley, West Virginia
A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.