New Orleans’ historic garden district is filled with lush vegetation, as well as oversized mansions of the Creole city’s former and current elite. This is where novelist Anne Rice was inspired to write about the vampire Lestat, and where actors John Goodman and Nicolas Cage reside. You may spot a celebrity, but more visitors to the Garden District enjoy the visits to the area’s cemeteries. Walking tours through the district and the cemeteries are always available, including evening ghost tours.