An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

This Art-Deco movie palace is the oldest independent cinema in Atlanta.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

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

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

An old bank vault in Atlanta is now the eternal shrine to the King of Rock and Roll.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

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

The first singer to cut a country music record is buried in a small graveyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."