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.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

A miniature model of the iconic Stockholm department store.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.