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A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.