The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

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

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This three-dimensional brick mural is the longest of its kind in the United States.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

A collection of beautiful crystals shaped like freshly plucked roses.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A town pays homage to its namesake.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.