Paris, France
Passy Cemetery
A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.
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Paris, France
A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?
Greensboro, North Carolina
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
Albi, France
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."
New Orleans, Louisiana
This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.