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

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

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

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.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.