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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

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

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

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

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.

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.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.