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Southern comfort food is on the menu at this neighborhood favorite.

Chef Serigne Mbaye weaves stories through his carefully composed modern Senegalese tasting menus.

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

Both the cocktails and the dive bar vibes are immaculate at this Mid-City watering hole.

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

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

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

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

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

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

This free sculpture garden is home to over 90 artworks and installations from artists around the world.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

The last surviving bastion of the Baquet restaurant empire serves up superb soul food.

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

Feast on twice-cooked goat with plantains and other Haitian street food dishes.

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

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

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

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