The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

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

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

At this research institute, the chile is king.