Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

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

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.