This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

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

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

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

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

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.