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

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

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

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

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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

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

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

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

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

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

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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

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

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.