Places iamkym Wants to Go

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

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.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

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

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

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

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

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

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.

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

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

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

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

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.