This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

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

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

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

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

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

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

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.