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

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

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

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

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

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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.

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

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.