A massive tribute to Estonian history and culture.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

Located in a remote part of a Louisiana wildlife refuge, this tree has been standing for more than 1,200 years.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

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

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.