The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

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

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

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.