Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

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

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

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

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

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.