New Orleans’ offbeat charms are showcased in these off-the-beaten-path destinations

New Orleans is a city that revels in its quirks: the voodoo boutiques, sidewalk snake charmers, haunted graveyards, magic potion brews, dodgy dive bars and little musty museums crammed with cabinets of curiosities.

It’s prime hunting ground for those with a taste for the odd, which describes my grown-up daughter and me to a T. In town for the vampy (and muddy) Voodoo Music + Arts Experience rockfest last fall, we set aside five days for offbeat exploration, glamming up and heading out in search of some real-deal N’awlins mystery and funk.