This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

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

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

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

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

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

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

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

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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

This unassuming oasis elevated just above the busy streets of Jerusalem offers one of the best views of the Old City.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

A geometric jumble of homes.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Home to the world’s oldest seismograph and a four-ton steel ball that makes its own earthquakes.