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

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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.

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

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

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.