This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

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

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 little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

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

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

These boots are made for selfies.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.