Places paytoncottrill Wants to Go

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

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

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

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

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

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The bench featured in the film with Robin Williams and Matt Damon has become a popular destination for moviegoers.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

This nondescript coffee shop conceals one of the wildest patisseries in New York City.

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.

A hidden Brooklyn basement gallery where two biologists nurture one of the Northeast’s rarest and most vibrant reptile collections.

One man’s obsessive, 30-plus-year quest is behind the pies at this spot on the Lower East Side.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

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