This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

The massive Roman arch in New Hampshire that was meant to be a tomb.

This store also houses a museum dedicated to the history of these small, historic community shops.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.