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A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

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.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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.

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 collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."