This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.