An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.