This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

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

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

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

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

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

This sculpture is an homage to one of the most important Jewish women in medieval England.

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

At this Nashville restaurant, cheese and charcuterie arrive via conveyor belt.

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

A beautiful botanical garden in the heart of the Natural State.

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.