Places nealpwright Wants to Go

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.