This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

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

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.