Places Edited by tyler

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.

The rusting hulk of a hand-powered, nearly 160-year-old submarine abandoned in 1869 due to the ravages of decompression sickness.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

This landlocked lake is the world's largest on an island.

A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

This artful dam holds back a crater-made reservoir that can be seen from space.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.