After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

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

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.