The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the 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 collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

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

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."