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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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

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

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

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 legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.