For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

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

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

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

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

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

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

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

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.