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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.