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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

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

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

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

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

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

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

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

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 second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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