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

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

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

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

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

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

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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

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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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.

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."

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

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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