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

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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

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

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

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

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.