An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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.

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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

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

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.