This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

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

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

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

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

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

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

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

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

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