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

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.