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An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

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

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

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

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

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

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?

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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.