Places leigh207 Wants to Go

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

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

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

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

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

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

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

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