The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

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

The most important and best preserved remnant of West Africa's powerful Songhai Empire.

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

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

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

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

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

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

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

The world's largest human gathering is held at the confluence of three sacred rivers, one of which is mythical.

The octagonal tower at this important Buddhist site was added many years after the temple's initial construction.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.