This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.