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

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

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

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.