A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

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

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

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