Places tdanna Wants to Go

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

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

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

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

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

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

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

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

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

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

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

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.