This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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