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

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.