This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

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

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

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.

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

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.