Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

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

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

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

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

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

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.