This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

Once the beating heart of a small Maine town, this old mill was revitalized in part thanks to a starring role in 'Jumanji.'

Dedicated in 1895, this is the world's first tribute to the hardworking newspaper delivery boy.

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Located in the historic home of a newspaper publisher, this museum is dedicated to the Freedom of Speech.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.