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From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.