Places leilat Wants to Go

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

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

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

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

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

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

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

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

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

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

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

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 unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.