The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

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

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 final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This igneous rock monolith towers above the surrounding landscape just outside the Nigerian capital.

A labor of love and aviation in Nigeria.

What started as makeshift fishermen's housing has grown into a massive, floating community.