This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

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.

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

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

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

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

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

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

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

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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.

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

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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

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

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

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.