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

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

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

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

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

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

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

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 snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

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

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

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

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

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

The childhood home of Jerry Lee Lewis was converted into a museum dedicated to his musical legend.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.