A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

An underwater city for the dead.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

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

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

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

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

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

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

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

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.