The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

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

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

A tower that pays homage to local sailors who perished under the waves.