There was a time when New Orleans was more famous for burlesque on Bourbon Street than for its music or food. From the late 1930s until the early 1960s, as many as 50 burlesque shows could be seen on ...

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, so-called snake oil salesmen sold mysterious and unproven, often fraudulent medicines to a captivated public. To pay homage to the unknown and unquantifiable ...