A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

The magic's in the hole!

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

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

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

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

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

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

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.