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

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A tropical paradise once home to space exploration and military installations.

The final resting place for Bermuda's British military, including a man who died of sunstroke.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.