Places gwenw Wants to Go

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

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

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

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

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

When the imprisoned pope's remains were finally returned to the Vatican, his heart stayed behind in France.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

A couple's 60-year love of collecting is on display at this unique stove repair shop in Maine.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.