Places johnv Wants to Go

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

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

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

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

One of the largest private collections of cars manufactured by the short-lived Franklin Automobile Company.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.

Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.