A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

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

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

America's first federal monument.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.