Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.