Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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.

The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.

This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.

A local shop filled with handcrafted art and funky home furnishings, vintage, and antiques.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

Homestead Cemetery hold the remains of the United States' first known professional tattoo artists.