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

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

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.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

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

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

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

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.