This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.