Places alessandralee Wants to Go

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.

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

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

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

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

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.

The first free library in Georgia features an original Tiffany stained glass window of Mary Willis.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

Like Mars, but much closer.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.