The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.

Constructed in 1676, this stone memorial is believed to be the oldest veteran's memorial in the United States.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

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

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

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