This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

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

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

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.