Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

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

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

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

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

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.