A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

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

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.