It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

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

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

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."