A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

The final resting place of Captain William Becknell, the Old West frontiersman who forged the Santa Fe Trail.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.

Contrary to popular belief, this memorial does not actually claim to mark the bluesman's grave.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

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

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.

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

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

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

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

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