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

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

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

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.