The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.