Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

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

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

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

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

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

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

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

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

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

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

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

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

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

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

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

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.

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