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

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.