This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The magic's in the hole!

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

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

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

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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.