This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

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

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

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

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

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

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

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