Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

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.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

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

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.