Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

This museum is dedicated to the most famous Irish writers in history.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.