Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

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

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

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

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

On the outskirts of San Antonio, a small bridge is said to be the home of a mysterious local legend known as the "Donkey Lady."

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.