It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

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

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

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

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

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

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

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

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

The world's only underwater laboratory where "aquanauts" study oceanic life.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.