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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

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

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

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

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

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

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

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

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

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

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

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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

This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.