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

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

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

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

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

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.