The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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.

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

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

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 gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.