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

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

The magic's in the hole!

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

The world's longest known cave system.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.