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This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

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

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques