By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.