New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.

An urban laboratory.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.