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

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

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

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

After James Madison's death, his wife and former First Lady Dolley Madison lived in this yellow building near the White House.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

This is one really big nut.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.