A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.