A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A local prank turned town icon.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

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

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 curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

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

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

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

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.