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The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

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

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

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

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

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

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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