What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

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.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

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

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.