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

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

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

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

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

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

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

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.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court, and it's not the first one.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.