“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A mural in rural Georgia welcomes visitors to a fictional Missouri town.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.