Places jonnnyhowes Wants to Go

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

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

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

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.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

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

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.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

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

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

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.