A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.