One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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

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

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.