The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

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

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

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

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.