Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.