The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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 Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.