Places marytreptow Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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

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 snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.