New Orleans, Louisiana
Saint Roch Chapel
A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.
New Orleans, Louisiana
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana
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.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
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.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Capitan, New Mexico
The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Huntsville, Texas
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Austin, Texas
Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Midland, Texas
The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.
Katy, Texas
255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.
Houston, Texas
The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.
Houston, Texas
Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Odessa, Texas
A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.
Dallas, Texas
A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.