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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The largest drain hole in the world.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The magic's in the hole!

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.