Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.

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

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

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

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

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

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

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

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

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.