Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

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

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.