This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

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

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

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

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.

The crumbling remnants of this 19th-century quarantine hospital hint at the touristy island's darker past.

This small fort played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

A volcanically-heated waterfall in the St. Lucian rainforest.

This stone commemorates the island's launch into international aviation.

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.

This living labyrinth made entirely of thorns is filled with art.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.