A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

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.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

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

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

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

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.