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This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

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

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

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

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

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.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

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.

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

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.