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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.