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

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

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

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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

A Spanish artist builds his own castle.

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

Rumors and legends of secret Nazi activities surround this eerily remote island mansion.

A completely underwater art museum sends a stark message about humans' impact on the environment.

A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.