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

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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

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

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

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

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

England's most notorious suicide spot.