This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

World's largest Christmas store.