A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

The world's largest rotating world.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.