Places Taffodil Wants to Go

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

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

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

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

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

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

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

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

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.