The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.