This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

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.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.