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

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

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.