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

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

This free sculpture garden is home to over 90 artworks and installations from artists around the world.

Suspended from this brewery’s tasting room ceiling is a full-sized fin whale skeleton.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

The neighborhood surrounding the memorial was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Louisiana.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.