Places clpartin Wants to Go

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

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

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

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

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

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

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

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

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

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

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

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

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

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

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 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

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

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

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.