Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The magic's in the hole!

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