The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

WWII-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers. .

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.