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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

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

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

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

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

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

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

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

The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.

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

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

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

The childhood home of the legendary blues guitarist and singer.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.