A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

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.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

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