After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

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

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

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

A memorial to an ill-fated Arctic expedition pursued by the U.S. Navy.

Take a trip to the past aboard a 1920s railcar or open flatcar for a scenic ride through Maryland farm country.

At the birthplace of American railroading, a world-class collection of historic trains.

Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.

A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.