A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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.

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

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

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

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

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

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

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.