Places pauljuser Wants to Go

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

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

This tucked-away cemetery is the final resting place of a prospector who uncovered one of the largest gold mines in Arizona.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.