A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

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

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

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

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

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

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.