Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.

For nearly a century, one of the oldest barbershops in Texas has been cutting hair the old fashioned way.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

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

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

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

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

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

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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

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

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

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