These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

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

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This free sculpture garden is home to over 90 artworks and installations from artists around the world.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

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

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.

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

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

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

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

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?