Places mengelson09 Wants to Go

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

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

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

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.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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

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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

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

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

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

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

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

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

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