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

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

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.