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

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

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

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

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

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

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

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

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

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

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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