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

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

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

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

Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

An underwater city for the dead.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.