Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

Rise early for Kaitlin Guerin’s coveted sweet and savory pastries.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

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

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.