This Art-Deco movie palace is the oldest independent cinema in Atlanta.

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

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

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

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

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

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.

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

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

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

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

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