An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

The childhood home of the legendary blues guitarist and singer.

The childhood home of Jerry Lee Lewis was converted into a museum dedicated to his musical legend.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

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

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

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

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

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.

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

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

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

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

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

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.