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

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

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

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

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

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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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

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

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

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

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

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.