Places hibbibi Wants to Go

These 11,000-year-old mounds may be the oldest known human-made structures in the Americas.

This gallery dedicated to regional and emerging Black artists is housed in a historic building-turned-arts-hub.

Historical marker at the spot where Bonnie and Clyde were killed.

The last surviving bastion of the Baquet restaurant empire serves up superb soul food.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

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

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

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

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

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

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

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

An art gallery/gift shop that feels like Tim Burton, Pee Wee Herman, and Jim Henson combined!

The oldest Black-owned bookstore in New Orleans was started by a substitute teacher on a mission.

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

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

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

Giant fake rocks that shielded Bond lie in wait for their next action scene.