One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

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

This Tennessee manse was built so opulent that the very utilities doomed it to fail.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.