This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

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

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

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

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

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.