The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

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

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

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

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

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.