Places karin66204 Wants to Go

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

This abandoned, turn-of-the-century astronomy hub is now the subject of more photographs than it ever took.

This grassy, tree-lined hill shares a name with the much-loved novel that it inspired.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.