Places PappyMak Wants to Go

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

The oldest Black-owned bookstore in New Orleans was started by a substitute teacher on a mission.

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

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

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

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

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

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.