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

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

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

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

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

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

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

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

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

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

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

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

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

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

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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.

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

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