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.

Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

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

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

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

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