Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

A Grand Dame of the vaudeville circuit restored to its former glory.

Tucked away in Jacksonville's oldest neighborhood, this museum stands as a repository and celebration of outsider art.

The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.

The hall of fame for circus performers.

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

A Colorado store that specializes in all things spiritual, metaphysical, and witchy.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.