Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

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

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

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

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.