The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

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

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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 bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.