Houston, Texas
The Orange Show
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
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Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Houston, Texas
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Annapolis, Maryland
Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.
Nashville, Tennessee
The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.
Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.
New Orleans, Louisiana
If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.
Sharon, Massachusetts
She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.
Tallahassee, Florida
An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.
Tallahassee, Florida
This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.
Tallahassee, Florida
This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.
Ochopee, Florida
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
Riverview, Florida
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.
Safety Harbor, Florida
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
Magnolia, Mississippi
A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.
Meridian, Mississippi
The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Natchez, Mississippi
This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.