A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

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

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

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

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

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

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.