If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

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

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

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.

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

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 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.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.