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

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.