The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

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

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.