A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

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

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.