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

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This restored opera house is named after a soprano known for tragic romance, exile, and a truly uncomfortable wedding.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.