A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

These boots are made for selfies.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

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

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

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

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.