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

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.