Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

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

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

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

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.