Place d'Armes, a hotel converted from a Spanish prison built on the ruins of an orphanage lost in a fire.
Our hotel from St. Ann Street.
Corner of Bourbon St. And St. Ann, French Quarter.
A woman waits for destiny outside the Voodoo shop.
Rev. Zombie's House of Voodoo, centrally located in the French Quarter.
Inside The Coffee Pot. I expected more coffee stains on the inside walls.
Jambalaya at The Coffee Pot. Unless you're sharing, skip the signature crab cake appetizer if you've any hope to finish.
A soon-to-be not-so-empty street.
Early Friday evening.
The vampire giving the guided tour. No, wait... that's the guide giving the vampire tour. Whatever.
History of Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop & Bar. If it could be had, you could get it here.
Five shuttered attic windows that never open in New Orleans. The attic is reportedly stuffed with coffin-sized boxes, but no one knows for sure what's inside them (or why they need to be kept inside.)
The steps where the bodies of two young ladies we found drained of blood. Our guide points out the balcony where their camera (recording the attic windows throughout the night) was found smashed into pieces.
The cryptic imagery and inscription over the church doors may hold the real clues as to the reason for the murders.
Inside a streetcar named "Is it ever going to get here?"
"Shall we invite them to dine?" "Most definitely."
Rev. Zombie's comes to life.
St. Peters Street.
Irish bar.
Outside the church with the five attic doors.
Sign over Lafitte's bar.
Left over Halloween decoration from Nic Cage's French Quarter home.
Front of Nic Cage's French Quarter residence. The room seen inside the top right window is reportedly the corner penthouse of spook central.
Ever see John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness?" Yeah.
Place d'Armes central courtyard at night.
The breakfast tables.
This five-story structure was the main prison. The windows are on the front and back only; the rooms in the middle are a considerably darker year 'round.
Pat O'Brian's is about to open... at 10am.
Revolutionary cigars for sale.
Looking for a job?
The morning after.
Rev. Zombie slumbers.
Sign outside The Coffee Pot. Good food and conveniently located across from Rev. Zombie's.
A convenient market with prices better than your local gas mart. Stock up on cheap drinks and snacks or real food if you've got a fridge and hot plate.
Cathedral overlooking Jackson Square.
Street vendors and shoppers out in full force on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
More Jackson Square street shopping.
Monsters!
Major General Andrew Jackson.
Cathedral and Jackson statue from inside the Square.
One of two homes once owned by Nic Cage, this one in the Garden District. $2.4 million (or best offer.)
You can't afford this one, either.
More Garden District goodness.
Home of the Chicken Lady.
One of the aforementioned lady's chickens.
Home of the Mayfair Witches, aka Anne Rice's former residence until 2004, aka Nic Cage's current rental. $2.8 million (obo)
Supposedly stolen for souvenirs, still having one is considered good luck.
Still can't afford it.
An ironwork gazebo.
"On this site in 1897, nothing happened."
Cool stairway.
A real whomping willow.
Recent purchase by New Orleans newest resident, Sandra Bullock and Jesse James.
The orphanage from "Benjamin Buttons."
Secret meeting place for Smurfs and Avatar's Nav'i.
