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An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

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

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

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

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

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

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

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

An oddly specific collection of handmade dolls remembers the women of the White House.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.