Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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

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

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

Art blooms at this unique outdoor gallery along the banks of the Arkansas River.

Yup, that's where the name came from.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.