New Orleans, Louisiana
Plaza Tower
This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.
Chauvin, Louisiana
Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.
Los Angeles, California
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
Lubbock, Texas
This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.
Ransom Canyon, Texas
A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.
Midland, Texas
The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.
Birmingham, Alabama
Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.
Birmingham, Alabama
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
Birmingham, Alabama
Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.
Clearwater, Florida
This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Groom, Texas
This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.
Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Marfa, Texas
This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.
Marfa, Texas
Not everything is bigger in Texas.
Marfa, Texas
Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Marfa, Texas
A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."
Alpine, Texas
This is probably not the Target you're looking for.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.