New Orleans, Louisiana
Backstreet Cultural Museum
The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
National World War II Museum
Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Escape My Room
Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nicolas Cage’s Pyramid Tomb
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
LaLaurie Mansion
This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau's Tomb
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Museum of Death
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Austin, Texas
Cathedral of Junk
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
Lonesome George at the Fausto Llerena Breeding Center
An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.
Paris, France
Musée du quai Branly (Quai Branly Museum)
This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.
Monte Albán, Mexico
Monte Albán
These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.
Mexico City, Mexico
Ocelotl Cuauhxicalli
This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.
Mexico City, Mexico
Coatlicue Statue
Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.
Mexico City, Mexico
Xochipilli
The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.
Santa María del Tule, Mexico
El Árbol del Tule (The Tule Tree)
The stoutest tree in the world.
Mexico City, Mexico
Monolith of Tlaloc
This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.
Mexico City, Mexico
Pyramid of Ehécatl
The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.
Palenque, Mexico
Palenque
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Mexico City, Mexico
Chapultepec Castle
The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
The Great Pyramid of Cholula
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Mexico City, Mexico
Skull Rack of the Great Temple
A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
