A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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.

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

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