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

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

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

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

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

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

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

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

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

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

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

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

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

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

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