A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

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

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

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

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

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

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.