This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

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

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

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

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

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.