This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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 second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

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

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

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

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

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

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.