A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

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

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.