Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

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

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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

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