Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

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

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

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

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

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

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

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

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

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.

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.