A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.