Places petracca5 Wants to Go

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.