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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

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.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.

This basement museum explores the art and artistry of fascism.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.