The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

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

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.