The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

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

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

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

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.