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

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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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.

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

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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

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

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

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

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.