This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.