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

Beer lover's can-covered house.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

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

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

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.