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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.

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

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

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

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.