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 Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

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

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

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

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

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.