A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A metal menagerie fills the yard of this museum and gallery, the work of Montana artist Bill Ohrmann.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.