Places mikuf4305 Wants to Go

This free sculpture garden is home to over 90 artworks and installations from artists around the world.

Rise early for Kaitlin Guerin’s coveted sweet and savory pastries.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.

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.

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

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

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

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

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.

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

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

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

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.