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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.

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

These boots are made for selfies.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.