Places arod8205 Wants to Go

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.