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

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.

Annual Easter display made up of thousands of hand-painted eggs.