A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

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

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

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

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

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 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.

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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

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

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

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