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Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

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

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

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

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

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

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

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

In the recreated studio of a visionary artist, a stone that may be more than meets the eye.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

For 200 years, people have flocked to this Polish town to experience the healing powers of salt.

How did this desert wind up in the middle of a Polish forest?

Gdańsk's lion mascot features in a trail of bronze sculptures scattered all across the city.

A small square populated with giant birchwood sculptures.

Several 12th-century ruins can be found inside this historical market.

The rusting hulk of a Soviet warship sits on a Polish beach.

A group of tiny bears has occupied various spots across Warsaw's Bemowo district.