This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

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

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

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

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

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

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.