A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

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

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

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

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

"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.

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.