Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

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

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

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

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

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

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

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

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.