Places sweeneysblade Wants to Go

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

The neighborhood surrounding the memorial was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Louisiana.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

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

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

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

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

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

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

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

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

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

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