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A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

Both the cocktails and the dive bar vibes are immaculate at this Mid-City watering hole.

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

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

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

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

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

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

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.