This house proudly displays an interactive and continuously changing exhibit of lawn flamingos.

This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

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

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.