Places roadtriptammy Wants to Go

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

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

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

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

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

First opened in 1939, this legendary performance venue was a haven for Black musicians including Ray Charles and Little Richard.

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.

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

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

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.

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

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.