Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

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

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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