This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

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

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

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

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?