Places DrewONY Wants to Go

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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 theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.