Places IrishCurves Wants to Go

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

Victims of the Webster Massacre are buried here in a mass grave.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

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

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

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

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

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

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

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.