When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

This Harriet Tubman mural went viral for kids interacting with it.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

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 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.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.