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

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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 curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.

A museum and apothecary garden devoted to the history of frontier medicine.

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.