Places Nekoswan Wants to Go

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

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

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

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

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.