A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

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

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

A monument of the man who spurred Copiapó's silver mining industry.