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

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

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

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

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

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

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

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