Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

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

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

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

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.