Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

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

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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

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

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

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.