Places byorgason Wants to Go

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

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

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

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

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

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

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

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

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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.

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

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

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

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