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

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

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

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

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

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

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

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

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

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

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

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.