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

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.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

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

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

"They died with their boots on."

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.