This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.