This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

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

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

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

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

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

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

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.