This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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

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

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

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.

This unique park is dedicated to a favorite locally born snack line.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

A 25-foot-tall statue of an Indian chief in downtown Montpelier, Indiana.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

Blink and you’ll miss it—the tiniest street in America packs a lot of charm into just a few steps.

An Ohio man paved the way for the future of American transportation.