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

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

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

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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