This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.

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

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

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

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

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.

Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.

Ch-Ch-Check out the world's largest hand-painted 3D mural.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

The final resting place of "Mother Kofi," a Black minister who was assassinated in the middle of a sermon.

These winding paths and vertical ramps have been inspiring skateboarders for nearly half a century.