It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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

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

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

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

This Tennessee manse was built so opulent that the very utilities doomed it to fail.