The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

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

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

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

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.