A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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