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.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

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

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

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

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

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.