Places The Albatross Wants to Go

Definitely not a clown bar.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

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

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

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

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

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

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

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A heartfelt tribute to all of the victims of one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.