Alexandria, Virginia
Hollensbury Spite House
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
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Alexandria, Virginia
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Cape Charles, Virginia
Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Duffield, Virginia
A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
St Francisville, Louisiana
Located in a remote part of a Louisiana wildlife refuge, this tree has been standing for more than 1,200 years.
Foxworth, Mississippi
A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.
Mandeville, Louisiana
Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.
Mandeville, Louisiana
A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.
LaPlace, Louisiana
All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Both the cocktails and the dive bar vibes are immaculate at this Mid-City watering hole.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.