Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.