St. Francisville, Louisiana
Angola Prison Rodeo
A Rodeo for Prisoners.
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St. Francisville, Louisiana
A Rodeo for Prisoners.
Buras, Louisiana
The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.
Gibsland, Louisiana
The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.
Jeffrey City, Wyoming
This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.
Kaycee, Wyoming
The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Shooshtar, Iran
This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.
Erbil, Iraq
An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.
Hillah, Iraq
Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.
Samarra, Iraq
9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.
Baghdad, Iraq
A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.
Baghdad, Iraq
A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Clark County, Nevada
Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.
Ruth, Nevada
Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.