Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.