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

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

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

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

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

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

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

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

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

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

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

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

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

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.