Places saramadsen Wants to Go

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

An underwater city for the dead.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

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

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 macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

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.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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

A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.