A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

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

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

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

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

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

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.