Places shell42 Wants to Go

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

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 theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.