The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

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

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.