The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

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

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.

This site is dedicated to a candidate for sainthood and contains personal items including his cilice and lead coffin.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.