The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.

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

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

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.

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

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

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

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

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.