Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

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

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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.