A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

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

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

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

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

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

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

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

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

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.