A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

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

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

The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

Tour the oldest family-owned cigar-rolling factory in the country—then learn how to roll your own.

Visit the final resting place of a potential pirate at this historic burial site.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.