A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

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

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

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

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

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

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.