This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

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

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

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

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

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.

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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.