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

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

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

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

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.

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

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.