One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.