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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

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

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

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.