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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

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

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.