The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Monument that stands 40 feet and weighs 1,000 pounds.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

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

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

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

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

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.