Places OiNeb Wants to Go

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

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

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

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."

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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