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 collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

The man who wasn't there.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.