On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.

Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.

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

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

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

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

A small museum celebrating the work of a Mississippi artist who had a unique connection with the natural world.

This softball diamond has a culture all its own.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

This stop on the Camino de Santiago stands high above the underwater ruins of a medieval town.