Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

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

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.