This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!