Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

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

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

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

New York's oldest magic store.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.