Places melissabollman Wants to Go

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

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

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.