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

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.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

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

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

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

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

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

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

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.