adorable animals Wrinkle the Duck had a quack-tastic time in New Orleans! Jennifer Sandlin

new orleans New Orleans property may or may not be haunted Rusty Blazenhoff

new orleans A walk through the French Quarter's 'Museum of Bad Taste' Rusty Blazenhoff

mistakes Air Canada's CEO to retire after failing to issue condolences in French Rob Beschizza

Business Insect farming startups going bankrupt Ellsworth Toohey

History "No worse employment exists" — Two Orwell essays depict brutal reality of 1930s working-class life Ellsworth Toohey

music Even record-breaking snow can't stop the music in New Orleans Jennifer Sandlin

Art and Design Humanoids is bringing back the future, one "Metal Hurlant" at a time Gareth Branwyn

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

new orleans Haunted house formerly owned by Nick Cage up for sale again Natalie Dressed

comedy Excellent video recreating the steps (and kayak voyage) of Bienville, founder of New Orleans Natalie Dressed

gouging French supermarket giant Carrefour removes Pepsi, Doritos and Quaker cereals from shelves over "unacceptable price increases" Rob Beschizza

Santa doesn't want cookies. He wants beignets Jennifer Sandlin

new orleans Take a trip to the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum Popkin

new orleans "The Dirty Coast Robot Powered By Roast Beef Poboy Gravy" is here to answer all of your New Orleans questions! Jennifer Sandlin

History Sixty years of A Confederacy of Dunces' Ignatius J. Reilly Elías Villoro

photography Columbia Pictures logo's Torch Lady wasn't a model, never modeled again, and her shoot happened during a lunch break Rusty Blazenhoff

new orleans In praise of the muffuletta, a classic New Orleans sandwich Jennifer Sandlin

archaeology Review: Uncovering the layers of history and politics in Andrew Lawler's "Under Jerusalem" Gareth Branwyn

karens 'Karen' would like to see the Mardi Gras manager Rusty Blazenhoff