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

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.