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

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A venerable restaurant chain's one-off attempt to blur the line between themed eatery and amusement park

Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.

This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

A former post office turned venue, food hall, and retail center.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

Jog (or stroll) down an esplanade of fluctuating and whimsical sculpture works.

As the oldest structure in Harris County, this 200-year-old frontier cabin stands in the literal shadow of downtown Houston’s massive skyscrapers.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The only surviving theatre where William Shakespeare performed as an actor.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.