Places mengelson09 Wants to Go

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

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

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

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

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

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

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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

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

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

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

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