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

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

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

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.