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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

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

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

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

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

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

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

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

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

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.