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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

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.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

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

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.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.