This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

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

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

A small World War II museum housed in what was once the largest navigation school in the United States.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

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

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

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