One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

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

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

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

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

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

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

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.