By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Like Mars, but much closer.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

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

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

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

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

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

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.