For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

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

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.