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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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

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

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

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

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.

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

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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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