This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

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.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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.

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.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.