An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

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

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

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

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.

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

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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