New Orleans, Louisiana
Napoleon House
A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.
New Orleans, Louisiana
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.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Brooklyn, West Virginia
The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.
New Cumberland, West Virginia
This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.
Weston, West Virginia
This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.
Clear Fork, West Virginia
A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.
Arthurdale, West Virginia
The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.
Morgantown, West Virginia
This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Charleston, West Virginia
This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.
Scarbro, West Virginia
Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.