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

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

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

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

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

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.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.