Places tormentacelestial Wants to Go

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

National Mall monument to the inventor of the screw propeller.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.