This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

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

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

America's smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.