Places melondave2003 Wants to Go

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

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

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

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

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

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

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

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

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

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

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

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

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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

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