The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

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 snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The most confusing clock in New York.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."