The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

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

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

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

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.