Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

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

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

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

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

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