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.

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

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

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

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

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 towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A towering spire in the fortress of Kalemegdan honors the victorious armies of Serbia during their struggles against the Ottoman Empire.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.