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.

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

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

A private residence adorned with a gorgeous mural dedicated to the buzzing insect.

A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.