This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

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.

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

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 second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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.

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

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.