Places eliberat Wants to Go

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

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

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

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

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

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

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.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.