The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A neutrino detector built into the largest man-made underground cavity in the world.

Named after one of Canada's greatest writers who lived out her days in this quaint neighborhood.

Canada's largest dinosaur skeleton was hidden away in storage for more than 40 years.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.