Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a 90 year old passion play.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Cockroach Museum features roach celebrities and live hissing cockroaches.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

"They died with their boots on."

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

A peg-legged tightrope walker did not reveal his name as he was dying, and so he was buried as “Rope Walker."