Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

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

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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

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 small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

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

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.