A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

How a century-old glass factory in Queens became a concert venue and arts center.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

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

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

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

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

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

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

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

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

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

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

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

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

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