Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

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.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

Yo, Adrian!

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.