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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

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

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

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

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

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

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

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

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

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

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.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

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