The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

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?

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

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.

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

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

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

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

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

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.