Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

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 snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground