An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

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

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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