This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

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

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.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

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

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

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

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

You might recognize this historic Oregon mansion from its appearance in 'The Goonies.'