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

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

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

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

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.