A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

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

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

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

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

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

These boots are made for selfies.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.