Places mandaclarka Wants to Go

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

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

More than five miles of underground passageways.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.