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

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

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

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.