Places Edited by Rachel Preskitt

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

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

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

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

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

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

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

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

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.