A building so large that it has its own weather.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

World's largest Christmas store.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Burial site more than 300 years old.