Andrew Carnegie funded the building of almost 3,000 libraries across the world, this was the first.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Every New Year's Day, locals don gaudy costumes and dive into the frigid Firth of Forth.

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

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

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

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

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This site is dedicated to a candidate for sainthood and contains personal items including his cilice and lead coffin.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.