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

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

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

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

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

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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

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

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

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

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

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.