This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

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

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

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

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

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

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

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

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.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.