Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.