Ochopee, Florida
Ochopee Post Office
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Aurora Ice Museum
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Fairbanks, Alaska
'Polaris'
The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Engineers Tradition Stone
A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Blue Babe
North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."
North Pole, Alaska
Lady of the Lake
An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.
North Pole, Alaska
Santa Claus House
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Lend-Lease Monument
This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks Antler Arch
A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.
Tampa, Florida
Odyssey 2001 'Spaceship'
The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafayette Cemetery
This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Street Name Tiles of New Orleans
This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Carousel Bar
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
New Orleans, Louisiana
'Birthplace of Dixie' Plaque
The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Tree of Life
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Labyrinth at Audubon Park
The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
New Orleans, Louisiana
General Laundry Building
It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.
Permanently Closed
New Orleans, Louisiana
Kitchen Witch Cookbooks
This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Music Tree
A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Oldest Fire Hydrant in New Orleans
This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Luling Mansion
Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Singing Oak
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Holt Cemetery
A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Moriarty Monument
The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.
