This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

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

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

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.