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

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.

A venerable restaurant chain's one-off attempt to blur the line between themed eatery and amusement park

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This distinctive snowfield on the slopes of a Colorado fourteener has several legendary origin stories.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A former post office turned venue, food hall, and retail center.

Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.