Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

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.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

Annual street carnival celebrating Indonesian heritage.

This Javanese-Hindu temple from the 15th century is unmissable for anyone with even a passing interest in erotic art.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.