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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.