A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.