Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

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

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

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

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A KFC honors an eighth-century Chinese poet with holograms and verse.

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.