Places AMHAT Wants to Go

Chef Lisa Nelson serves up sensational doubles, jerk chicken, and other Trinidadian staples.

Chef Serigne Mbaye weaves stories through his carefully composed modern Senegalese tasting menus.

The last surviving bastion of the Baquet restaurant empire serves up superb soul food.

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

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

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

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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

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

This historic drug store-turned-museum served an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

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

This free sculpture garden is home to over 90 artworks and installations from artists around the world.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

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

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.