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

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

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

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.