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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.