Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

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

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

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.

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

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.

Featuring a Loretta Lynn display and a re-created coal mine exhibit.

The menus here are a love letter to the culinary history of New Orleans.

View Kentucky's beauty and history from the perspective of painter John James Audubon, author and illustrator.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.