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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

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

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

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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