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

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

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

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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.