Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

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

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

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

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

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

The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

This early 20th-century rural drinking fountain provides water for both horses and humans.

It's believed the soldier was 109 years old when he passed away.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

Unique and somewhat surreal, this little girl's memorial depicts a playful Jesus.

Wander the locker-lined, terrazzo-floored halls and sleep in a former classroom at this unique inn.