An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

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

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.