Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.

There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.

An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.