The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Would you like a sleeper hold with that?

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

An homage to the pointers and retrievers that have long been a hunter's best friend.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.