The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

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

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.