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Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

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

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

An abandoned skate park located in the middle of the wilderness.

This building's metal facade is the last of its kind in all of Canada.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

The world’s oldest baseball field had to fight to earn its record.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.