A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

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

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

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

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

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

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

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

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

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

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

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

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

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

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.