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

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

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

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

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 second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

A 1995 memorial acknowledges the tremendous contributions of Vietnamese refugees to Canada.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

This public art pays homage to the baseball legend and civil rights icon and his time in Montreal.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.