The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.