A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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.

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

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

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

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

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

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

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

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

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

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

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

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.