Places GRH Wants to Go

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

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

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

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

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

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

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

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

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

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

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

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

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

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

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

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

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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