Places mfoster42 Wants to Go

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

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

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

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.